Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Power Systems Engineering (PSERC)

电力行业必须对国家电力系统进行有管理的重新设计，以便能够适应放松管制以及电力需求和区域经济条件的快速变化。加州最近的电力问题生动地说明了在这一领域进行研究的必要性。今年是加州大学伯克利分校电力系统工程(PSERC)多校产业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)的第二个五年持续资助项目。I/UCRC涉及10个大学研究地点，收入超过150万美元。康奈尔大学、威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校、伊利诺伊大学香槟分校和加州大学伯克利分校这四所大学作为一个整体在去年获得了超过60万美元的收入。该中心致力于市场营销、输电和配电以及发电和输电系统的研究项目。

The power industry must undertake a managed redesign of the Nation's power system so that it can adapt to deregulation and to rapid changes in the power requirements and regional economic conditions. The need for research in this area is vividly illustrated by the recent California power problems. This second five year continuing grant funds the University of California, Berkeley as part of a multi-university Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Power Systems Engineering (PSERC). The I/UCRC involves 10 university research sites generating over $1.5 million. The four universities, Cornell University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Illinois-Champaign, and the University of California-Berkeley, being addressed in identical proposals as a group have generated over $600,000 in the last year. The Center addresses research projects in marketing, transmission and distribution and systems in electric power generation and transmission.